Peyton Creek Wind Farm II
Big Sky Wind, LLCMatagorda County
Overview
- Registry anchor
- Plant 67700
- plant-67700
Infrastructure record
- Turbines
- 7
- Manufacturers
- Acciona, Vestas
- In service
- 2025-04
Structured profile
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- RWE Clean Energy, LLC
Generation and physical site
EIA plant 67700 · Inventory for Aug 2026.
Reported operating nameplate by technology
- Wind
- 243 MW
Generator records (1)
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Operating | 243 | Unknown |
- Physical map location · OpenStreetMap
- 28.90910, -95.87125
- Filed location · EIA
- 28.89678, -95.86518
Sources and observation dates
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Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT2 | 243 MW 243 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Apr 2025 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 243 MW
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- National rank
- #166
- of 1,374 operating peers
- TX rank
- #53
- of 230 operating peers
Monthly generation
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622.7 GWh
Reported net generation
Latest report
Jul 2026
EIA-923 monthly filing
Grid and market context
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Market registration
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Transactions and agreements
Groundbreaking
May 23, 2024
RWE announced the official groundbreaking for Peyton Creek II and two 15-year power-purchase agreements under which Microsoft would purchase clean electricity from RWE's new Texas wind projects.
RWE Clean Energy · Microsoft Corporation
Construction Contracting
May 23, 2024
RWE identified Vestas North America as turbine supplier and Wanzek Construction and RES as companies leading construction activities for Peyton Creek II.
RWE Clean Energy · Vestas North America · Wanzek Construction, Inc. · RES
Commissioning
May 7, 2025
RWE reported that Peyton Creek II, a 243 MW wind project in Bay City, Texas, had recently been commissioned, bringing the total generating capacity of the Peyton Creek Complex to 394 MW. The project created approximately 250 jobs during construction and the full complex supports 20 full-time local jobs in operation.
RWE Clean Energy
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Timeline and sources
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Project timeline
- Groundbreaking and Microsoft power-purchase agreement announcementamericas.rw...
RWE announced the official groundbreaking for Peyton Creek II and two 15-year power-purchase agreements under which Microsoft would purchase clean electricity from RWE's new Texas wind projects.